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How to Synergize Nidalee with Skarner on the Same TeamNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee with Skarner

How to Win With Nidalee and Skarner Paired TogetherNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nidalee and Skarner

based on 31 Nidalee with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
38.7 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Nidalee has been on the same team as Skarner in 31 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the publishers of League, we are confident that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Nidalee synergize with Skarner. It is very rare for Nidalee to play with Skarner on the same side. This has only occurred in approx. 0.1% of matches with Nidalee.

Nidalee Skarner Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of playing alongside Skarner. Typically, she wins a poor 38.7% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Nidalee when fighting on the same team as Skarner by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealGlowing Mote

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveBanshee's VeilDream MakerCryptbloom

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionIngenious Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Skarner

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play

Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.

Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.

Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.

Nidalee Skarner Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
38.7 %
VS
Win Rate
61.3 %
Skarner Image
6.3
< Kills >
7
5.6
< Deaths >
6.3
7.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
48
< Minions Killed >
41
0.35
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,154
< Physical Damage >
1,240
14,858
< Magic Damage >
16,536
945
< True Damage >
975
16,958
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
23,123
< Damage Taken >
31,092
9,945
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.42
< Towers >
1.45
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
10,736
< Total Healing >
16,085
10,808
< Experience >
12,887
31
< Vision Score >
25
12
< Wards Placed >
7
148
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Skarner as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nidalee sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Nidalee perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nidalee tries to synergize with Skarner, she sees a moderate decrease in her complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Skarner does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Skarner.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Skarner on the same team, she often takes much less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Nidalee during teamfights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Skarner

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Nidalee that will no matter what be her top ally. However, Skarner is a terrible teammate for Nidalee. By being on the same team as Nidalee, he lowers their win rate by -6.1% to 38.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Nidalee and Skarner that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Skarner has a much lower diffuclty than Nidalee. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Skarner comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Nidalee and Skarner together, you may not be providing your team enough utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Skarner ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Skarner, we analyzed 31 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nidalee with Skarner comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Nidalee to pair well with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Nidalee and Skarner synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 38.7% when playing alongside Skarner with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ingenious Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Nidalee and Skarner pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 38.7% winrate overall.

If you need to see Nidalee with Skarner collaboration tips and stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games run with these champs.